RESTRICTED
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DISGUISED MEASURE TO IMPOSE A PRECEDENT ON THE FUTURE CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
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THE GOVERNMENT-LEGCO COMMITTEE WILL BECOME A DE FACTO CABINET OR SUPER EXCO.
THE NEW FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WHICH I HAVE PROPOSED DEVIATE FROM THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF SUCH CONSTITUENCIES WHICH IS TO ENSURE REPRESENTATION OF ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS IN LEGCO. MY PROPOSALS WOULD AMOUNT TO GIVING A SECOND VOTE TO 90 PER CENT OF THE REGISTERED ELECTORATE.
THE APPOINTED MEMBERS OF MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND DISTRICT BOARDS SHOULD BE GRADUALLY REDUCED, NOT ABOLISHED IN 1994/95.
- THE ELECTION COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE BALANCED PARTICIPATION.
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD NOT FORM MORE THAN ONE QUARTER OF IT.
- THE PRINCIPLE AGREED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION IS TO RETURN ADMINISTRATIVE POWER TO CHINA. IT IS NOT TO RETURN IT TO THE
PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
5. WEN WEI PAO STATES THAT IT WAS 'UNWISE' FOR THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT MY POLITICAL BLUEPRINT.
6. TA KUNG PAO ARGUES THAT THE PRIME MINISTER'S PRAISE FOR MY LEGCO ADDRESS SHOWS THAT MY PRIME CONCERN IS BRITISH INTERESTS.
COMMENT
7. THE ANSWERS TO MOST OF THE POINTS IN PARAGRAPH 4 ARE CONTAINED IN THE MATERIAL WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY FAXED TO YOU AND PEKING CON LIKELY CHINESE CRITICISMS AND ANSWERS). ON THE QUESTION OF ABOLISHING APPOINTMENTS TO DISTRICT BOARDS, IT IS WORTH RECALLING THAT ONE-THIRD WERE ELECTED IN 1982 AND THAT THE PROPORTION WAS INCREASED TO TWO-THIRDS IN 1985. TO MOVE TO FULL ELECTIONS IN 1994 IS HARDLY RADICAL.
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